Manual Microsurvey

Getting Started
In
MicroSurvey® CAD2005
By
MicroSurvey Software Inc.
© 2005 MicroSurvey Software Inc.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents i
Welcome 1
Addresses and Phone Numbers 2
Calling for Technical Support 3
VIP Support Program .......................................................................................5
Copyright Notices.............................................................................................6
Hardware Requirements ..................................................................................7
Software Requirements....................................................................................7
Getting Started 8
Help System.....................................................................................................8
What's This? Help ............................................................................................9
Installing the Program ....................................................................................10
The Convertible Demo 10
Demo Mode .............................................................................................10
Register ...................................................................................................11
Program User Interface..................................................................................17
Desktop Configuration .............................................................................18
How MicroSurvey CAD 2005 Works ..............................................................19
Workflow ..................................................................................................20
Files types used by MicroSurvey CAD 2005 ...........................................22
MicroSurvey Assistant 25
Assistant Main Menu......................................................................................25
Assistant - Set Program Defaults...................................................................26
Assistant – FieldGenius Tools .......................................................................26
Assistant - Send/Receive Data from Data Collector ......................................27
Assistant - Import ASCII File or DC File.........................................................27
Assistant - Traverse Calcs .............................................................................27
Assistant - COGO/Calculating Programs.......................................................28
Assistant - DTM/Contouring/Volumes............................................................29
Assistant - 3D Design Programs....................................................................29
Assistant - Label Drawing ..............................................................................30
Data Collector Tutorial 31
Starting the Job ..............................................................................................32
Importing a Data Collector File ......................................................................33
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Viewing the Drawing ..................................................................................... 39
Line Connection – Z-coding .......................................................................... 41
Create Surfaces ............................................................................................ 43
3D Viewing and Advanced Rendering .......................................................... 47
Cleanup of screen ......................................................................................... 48
Quick Contours ............................................................................................. 49
Setting up a Boundary................................................................................... 51
Final Contours ............................................................................................... 53
Labeling Contours and Saving Your Work.................................................... 55
Simple Traverse Tutorial 59
Starting the Job ............................................................................................. 60
Setting the Defaults....................................................................................... 61
Manual Traverse Entry.................................................................................. 64
Start Entering Shots ...................................................................................... 68
List of Data to Enter ...................................................................................... 70
Coordinating the Traverse............................................................................. 75
Computing Closure ....................................................................................... 79
Adjust Angles + Compass Balance............................................................... 83
Listing the Traverse....................................................................................... 86
Property Line Tutorial 89
Starting the Job ............................................................................................. 90
COGO Calcs (Property Boundaries)............................................................. 93
Distance/Distance Intersection ..................................................................... 97
3 Point Curve ................................................................................................ 98
More COGO .................................................................................................. 99
Bearing/Distance Intersection ....................................................................... 99
And More COGO......................................................................................... 101
More 3 Point Curves ................................................................................... 103
Setting the Toggles ..................................................................................... 104
Locating the Buildings (Using OFFSETS)................................................... 106
Work on the SHED...................................................................................... 110
Line Inverse................................................................................................. 114
Job Complete .............................................................................................. 114
Final property drawing................................................................................. 115
Earthwork Volume Tutorial 118
Starting the Job ........................................................................................... 119
Setting the Defaults and Toggles................................................................ 119
Importing a Data Collector File ................................................................... 122
Creating the Traverse File........................................................................... 124
Processing and Editing the Traverse File ................................................... 126
Coordinate the Traverse ............................................................................. 127
Working with AutoMAP ............................................................................... 129
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Start the First Surface ................................................................................. 136
Make the First TIN....................................................................................... 138
Start the Second Surface ............................................................................ 139
Extract the Second Surface ........................................................................ 140
Make the Second TIN ................................................................................. 141
Calculate Volumes between the 2 Surfaces ............................................... 142
Cross Sections across the Job ................................................................... 144
Road Design Tutorial 149
Opening the Job.......................................................................................... 149
Create the Ground Surface ......................................................................... 151
Inputting the Horizontal Alignment .............................................................. 155
Stationing and Saving the Horizontal Alignment......................................... 158
Create Profile .............................................................................................. 161
Design New Profile...................................................................................... 163
Create Cross Section Template.................................................................. 168
Create New Road Surface .......................................................................... 171
Output Cross Sections ................................................................................ 173
House Placement Tutorial 178
Open the Job............................................................................................... 178
Working with the Toolbox............................................................................ 181
Entering a Lot.............................................................................................. 181
Defining the Lot Sides ................................................................................. 187
Entering a House ........................................................................................ 190
Defining a House......................................................................................... 195
Placing a House on the Lot ......................................................................... 197
Computing Stakes....................................................................................... 201
Staking Reports........................................................................................... 203
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Welcome
MicroSurvey Software Inc. is pleased to present our flagship product -
MicroSurvey CAD2005. This version contains one of the biggest changes we
have ever made to our software. We have switched the underlying CAD engine
from the FelixCAD product to the IntelliCAD program. MicroSurvey Software Inc.
has joined the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium as a full Commercial Member.
This provides MicroSurvey with capabilities that we have dreamed about for
more than 15 years. Specifically this means that MicroSurvey now has the
source code to the CAD engine! With the source code we can start to make
small changes to improve your experience in very special ways. As a small
example, we can carefully integrate the UNDO and REDO commands to
understand surveying data. Much more will come in time.
Included with this program are 160 training movies and extremely comprehensive
on-line help. Movies help make the printed documentation obsolete. That is why
we reduced our manuals to a "Getting Started" book that contains the tutorials in
a lay-flat book. Since the help system is electronic, we can treat it as a living
document that can be updated with each service pack or new CD.
We plan on introducing more exciting products for you in the next year. Watch
our web site for news and updates on this and other MicroSurvey products.
Yours truly,
Darcy Detlor,
President,
Getting Started in MicroSurvey CAD 2005 1

Addresses and Phone Numbers

Corporate Head Office
#110 – 2300 Carrington Road,
Westbank, BC, V4T 2N6
Canada
Office Hours: 8am to 5pm Pacific Time.

(Monday to Friday, except holidays)
Sales & Technical Support 1-800-668-3312

International Voice: +1-250-707-0000
Fax: +1-250-707-0150
Internet web-site http://www.microsurvey.com

General Information: info@microsurvey.com
Support E-Mail Addresses: support@microsurvey.com
Eastern Technical Support Office Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm Eastern Time.

Office (Monday to Friday, except holidays)
MicroSurvey Software Inc. Technical Support Number: 1-877-752-2911
3427 Hwy.#17 East, RR #2 International Voice: +1-705-752-2911
Corbeil, Ontario, P0H 1K0 Fax: +1-705-752-2133
Canada
2 Getting Started in MicroSurvey CAD 2005

Calling for Technical Support
Preparing to Contact Technical Support
MicroSurvey Software Technical Support is available to help you get the most out
of your MicroSurvey CAD 2005 program. The following information explains how
to prepare for your call so that your inquiry can be answered promptly and
accurately. Take a few minutes before you place your call to check the printed
documentation and the on-line help files to see if the answer is already at your
disposal. Remember that there are several tutorials and over 150 Movies that
can also help explain some topics. Our Web site on the Internet can also save
you time, please check it for assistance if you can. If they do not help you then
when you call please have the following information available if requested.
Computer brand and model, CPU type and clock speed, other hardware attached
to the computer such as plotters and digitizers, version of the program, operating
system and version.
Please make sure that you have all the steps you completed prior to your
problem and can explain them to the technical support representative. We may
ask that you forward a copy of your data to us if we cannot find the problem
immediately.
Phone/Fax Support
Introductory Support
MicroSurvey offers a 90-day complimentary support period to all of our registered
users, starting the date of purchase. Introductory support is available Monday to
Friday except holidays. To reach a technical representative you may use one of
the following;
Pacific Time Technical Support (Head Office): 8:00AM-5:00PM

Technical Support Number: 1-800-668-3312
International Customers Please phone: +1-250-707-0000
Technical Support fax number: 1-250-707-0150
Eastern Time Technical Support Office: 8:30AM-5:00PM

North American Technical Support Number: 1-877-752-2911
International Technical Support Phone Number: +1-705-752-2911
Technical Support fax number: 1-705-752-2133
Yearly Support

For clients who have had their original 90-day complimentary support period
expire and feel that they will want on going support over the next year, we have a
Yearly Support Contact option available. This gives you the ability to contact us
for technical support, as much as you require, and you pay a flat fee once a year.
This option is not to be used in place of training but is to assist you on the
occasions when you really need it. The charge for the Yearly Support Contract is
to be billed and paid for prior to the support commencing. This rate is subject to
change, call for current rates.
Electronic Support
MicroSurvey maintains and provides support at no charge on our Internet Web-

site at the following address:
http://www.microsurvey.com/
This web-site has sections on Frequently asked questions, Technical Notes,

Technical Specifications, and as required, free updates and program fixes, along
with a lot of other helpful information.
Training
MicroSurvey Software Inc. can provide training to you, in your office or in a

classroom situation (where facilities and numbers allow).
MicroSurvey has training staff that will travel to almost anywhere and provide you
with the professional skills you require to operate your MicroSurvey CAD 2005
program. Please feel free to call and ask for a quotation or inquire about
potential classroom situations. Your local dealer may also be able to setup or
arrange a training session for you. Contact our head office for more information
about training.

VIP Support Program
Keep on top of the technology with MicroSurvey’s VIP Software Subscription

program. You don’t need to concern yourself about staying current – we’ll do it
for you. It’s the worry-free way to ensure you always have the best, most up to
date software anywhere, and you know exactly how much it will cost. You’ll also
receive unlimited technical support for your software.
What are the advantages?
• Get all upgrades to MicroSurvey CAD 2005 sent to you automatically and
Free!
• Unlimited telephone support included. You always talk to a real person
when you call MicroSurvey’s support line.
• With VIP Service, we’ll always start the support process with a real
person within 1 hour of your call. (during regular business hours*)
• Always keep up to date with the latest technology. We give you priority e-
mail notification of all bug fixes and updates.
• You receive a 10% discount on your future MicroSurvey software
purchases (from regular or promotional pricing)
• No need to generate new purchase orders each time that a new upgrade
is released. Your upgrade will come automatically.
• Is your peace of mind worth pennies per day? These days, you can
hardly buy a cup of coffee for that price, but that’s all you’ll pay for
MicroSurvey’s VIP Subscription Program!
• Buy up to four years’ Subscription at once. You’ll know exactly what it’s
going to cost you, and you don’t ever need to check if you have the most
current MicroSurvey software version.
• We pay the shipping for new software. That’s another thing you won’t
have to worry about.
• When you deal with MicroSurvey, you always get great service. Imagine
how good the service will be when you’re a VIP!
Call our office for more details on the VIP program, or see the MicroSurvey web
site.
(*Note: 1 hour call back guarantee to start the support process is during Western Office hours)

Copyright Notices
MicroSurvey CAD 2005
© Copyright 2005
All Rights Reserved
MicroSurvey Software Inc. reserves the right to revise and improve its products
as it sees fit. This publication describes the state of the product at the time of
publication, and may not reflect the product at all times in the future. Use and
disclosure of this product is governed by a licensing agreement printed. No part
of this product may be disclosed or otherwise made available without prior written
authorization.
MicroSurvey® is a Registered trademark of MicroSurvey Software Inc. All other

trade names or trademarks are gratefully acknowledged as belonging to their
respective owners.

Hardware Requirements
MicroSurvey CAD 2005 operates entirely within Windows, and has no hardware
requirements over and above those of Windows itself except as noted below. We
suggest the following basic system as a minimum for efficient operation:
• Pentium processor – 1000 MHz minimum – the faster the better!

• 512megabytes RAM (1024MB or more if you are working in large drawings
most of the time)
• 1 Gigabyte of free hard disk space
• Video resolution set to 1024X768 or better (lower resolutions may result in
part of the pull down menus running off the bottom of the screen)
• Mouse, digitizing tablet or other pointing device
In order to use the data collector communication features, your system will also
need an external RS-232 serial port or a USB connection for best performance
with MicroSurvey FieldGeniusTM.
In order to get printed output, you will require a printer or plotter configured to
work in your Windows environment. We recommend obtaining the most up-to-
date printer/plotter drivers off of the manufacturers Internet web site.
Software Requirements
MicroSurvey CAD 2005 is designed for use with Windows 98 (Second Edition),
Windows ME, Window NT (4.0SP5+), Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Note:
Windows NT,2000, and XP users must have Administrator’s rights to authorize
MicroSurvey.
When using a digitizing tablet you will require the current WINTAB driver for your
tablet, and it must be installed and configured in Windows.

Getting Started
Help System
The help system is continually updated to keep current with all the advancements
and new commands that are added on a regular basis. The help file also has
Tutorials, Important Phone Numbers, Copyright Information, and Much more. Be
sure to look through the whole help file as it will always be more current and
comprehensive than the manuals.
A few tips about using Help:
You can find Help using any one of these 3 methods:
1. By clicking on the HELP button available on most dialogs within

MicroSurvey CAD 2005. This will take you to the help topic on the
command currently in use.
2. Quick tips are available on most dialogs within MicroSurvey CAD
2005 by using the What's This? Help.
3. Access the Help System from the top of the Help menu or using the
F1 key. If you have highlighted a menu item, press F1 to jump to it in
the on-line help.
Have a look at the next image. The Help is arranged in the same basic order as
the Menus.
• Notice that the topic for drawing a LINE is displayed. If you had
located this topic using the Index or Search options, you should flip to
the Contents option to locate the command in the menu system.
• Notice that the keyboard command is shown where possible as well

as the corresponding toolbox / Palette button.
• The Back button will take you to the last page viewed and the forward
and back arrows help you to navigate through the Help system in
topic order as shown in the table of contents.
• Always look for the vertical scroll bar on the far right hand side. It's
presence indicates that there is more information below that is not
currently visible. Some topics are several pages long!
What's This? Help
The little in the corner of the dialog box allows you to pick it then pick the
portion of the dialog that you want help on while running the command.
Use this to find out about any portion of the dialog box on screen.

Installing the Program
Please run Setup.exe on the CD to install MicroSurvey CAD 2005.
Follow the prompts to install the program.
The Convertible Demo
MicroSurvey CAD 2005, like other MicroSurvey Software Inc. products, is
marketed in the form of a "Convertible Demo", which lets you try out all its
functions without buying a copy. You can obtain a copy of the entire package by
mail for a nominal shipping and handling fee; we also encourage you to
redistribute copies to anyone in complete and unaltered form. This copy will be
fully functional in every way but will shut down after 30 days.
If you decide to purchase the system, you can convert it to full operation by
means of a password supplied by MicroSurvey Software, or an authorized
dealer.
When you initially start up the program, you will see the following dialog box:
Choose one of the following Options:

Demo Mode
If you are just testing the program out then you will click on the Start MicroSurvey
CAD 2005 in DEMO Mode button.

Register
Step 1)
If you choose Register Your Copy of MicroSurvey you will see the
following dialog box:
The program can be registered in two modes:

• Stand Alone Installation
• Network Floating License
The remainder of this section will cover the Stand Alone Installation. If
you have purchased a Network Floating License, please see the
document that was supplied entitled “Network Floating Licenses with
MicroSurvey Products”.
Step 2)
Choose the Stand Alone Installation (My Computer Button)
You will see the following dialog:

Step 3)
Press the “Create Registration Form to FAX or Email button, and please
fill in the following dialog: (we have entered sample information)
Step 4)
Press the “Generate Registration Text File” button and a document

called “register.txt” will open in Notepad:
Step 5)
Please print this document and FAX it to (250) 707-0150 or email it to

register@microsurvey.com

Step 6)
For a Stand Alone Installation, you will be provided with a single

number. Only one number is required. Please enter the number you
are provided in the dialog: (sample number is entered) and press OK.
Step 7)
The program will advise you that the product will be registered the next
time you start it up. Exit the program and restart to make sure that you
are no longer prompted for a password.
Transferring License
With MicroSurvey CAD 2005 we have introduced the ability to transfer

your license to a different computer. This is useful when you are
upgrading to more powerful machines. You will need to have access to
both machines. Both machines need to have MSCAD 2005 installed
with one of the machines in a licensed state. You will need to move a
file from the “old” machine to the “new” machine. This can be done with
a floppy disk, network transfer, or USB memory key.
Command: MSTRANSFER

Follow the instructions on the dialog.
Take Home Option
Many MicroSurvey customers would like an easy way to transfer their office
license to a home machine for evening or weekend use. With MicroSurvey’s
“Take Home Option” we have made that easy. Here is how it works:
• You transfer the license to your home machine by moving a file called
transfer.lic via floppy disk, email, or a USB memory key.
• The transfer.lic file has an expiry date in it. If you copy the file onto a
machine and run MSCAD before the expiry date it will work.
• The expiry time is always midnight of the date.
• You tell the program how many days you want to use it at home.
• Today counts as “day 1”.
Example:
It’s Thursday and you want to work at home on Friday and Saturday, so you
run the MSLICENSEFILE command. On the following dialog, you enter 3 in
the bottom right corner as shown:

IMPORTANT NOTE: The program will no longer operate once you have
exercised the Take Home Option. It will work correctly once the home
version has expired. This is NOT reversible, so only use this option if
you are certain that you will not need the office version.

Program User Interface
The desktop contains a series of standard elements. These are the menu bar,
the toolbars, the properties bar, and the status bar.
In addition, the desktop may also contain several palettes.
The following picture shows a possible standard variant of the desktop. See the
on-line help system for more details.

Desktop Configuration
Command Line
The command line can be placed at the top of the screen (below the menu bar),
or at the bottom of the screen (above the status line). If you are an advanced
user familiar with the program's command set, you might even turn off the
command line.
Properties
The property bar can be turned on or off. We recommend you turn it on.
Status Bar
The status bar can be turned on or off. We recommend you leave it on.
Customizing Toolbars
The toolbars assemble buttons that represent a common set of commands, or

sequence of commands.

How MicroSurvey CAD 2005 Works
MicroSurvey CAD 2005 creates a database that contains connectivity

information, coordinate locations, descriptions, traverses, bearings, and
distances. The program tracks the entities stored in the CAD drawing by their
handle numbers. Many files are created to store this information.
In order to limit the number of files you need to work with, we combine the data
files into one file when you close the MicroSurvey CAD 2005 job. The database
is stored in a file with the extension .MSD. This file is stored wherever your CAD
drawing is stored.
The MSD file is expanded into a directory that has the same name as your job
with the extension .MSJ. If you are running MicroSurvey CAD 2005 and you look
in the directory where your job is located, you will see this .MSJ subdirectory.
When you close the MicroSurvey CAD 2005 job by exiting or closing the drawing,
then the files will be automatically compressed into one file, and the directory will
be removed. While you have the job open, the original .MSD file is rename to
.MBK and it serves as an emergency backup file.
MicroSurvey CAD 2005 has an Automatic backup timer that will save the drawing
and the database regularly.
In the event that the .MSD file cannot be opened, the system will automatically
attempt to open the .MBK file. If neither file can be opened (very unlikely), then
the system can still reconstruct the coordinate database and the connectivity
database directly from information we store in the drawing.
If you have only the drawing created in MicroSurvey CAD 2005 and no database
for whatever reason, we can still recover coordinates from the drawing
automatically upon opening the DWG file. This can be accomplished by running
the Audit database command. See the on-line help for more information.

Workflow
This summary is intended to provide an introduction to users who are not familiar
with MicroSurvey CAD 2005 and outlines the steps necessary to prepare a
survey drawing.
Generally you will be starting with data from a data collector, from field notes, or
from direct COGO data entry. You may also extract data from existing CAD
drawings.
When you first start MicroSurvey CAD 2005 you must either open an existing
drawing (dwg, or dxf file) or start a new one. Opening an existing drawing will
automatically open and link to the associated MicroSurvey CAD 2005 coordinate
database (.msd file). If you start a new drawing, a new MicroSurvey CAD 2005
database file will be automatically created.
On new projects or when you open existing projects, you will be shown the Main
Job Defaults. You should fill out the dialog box and set up the basic job
information and scale factors. Next you will need to set the System Toggles to
choices appropriate to the job. Where you start next depends on the data
source. Most options can now be found on the Assistant or in the MicroSurvey
pull down menus.
For data collectors you will either download directly from the data collector using
the choices on the Data Collector Communication menu or reading a file from the
data collector using the choices on the MsTraverse | Download Data Collector
menu. For field note entry you will use the Enter Traverse command on the
MsTraverse | Traverse Entry / Editing menu. For manually entered COGO data,
you will use the COGO command from the MsCOGO menu. (you can simply type
COGO if you wish as a short cut) For point, line and curve data in a pre-existing
CAD drawing, you will use the Auto Add Points to Objects command in the
MsPoints menu.
When you enter a traverse in MicroSurvey CAD 2005, either by downloading a

data collector or by manually typing in the data, the program creates a traverse
database. Each traverse is contained in a separate database. The databases
are stored in the project directory when MicroSurvey CAD 2005 is loaded and
running, and they are automatically compressed into the .MSD file when
MicroSurvey CAD 2005 is unloaded.

There is a set order that you should use when working with raw data
information in MicroSurvey CAD 2005:
1) Manually enter, load from a file or download the data into the traverse
file.
2) If you are entering the data manually, and the Auto Coordinate toggle
is ON, then points will be coordinated and drawn onto the
MicroSurvey screen as you enter the data. If you download the data
from a data collector, any coordinates in the ASCII file will be entered
immediately in the coordinate database. The raw data shots read in
from the data collector ASCII file are NOT processed into coordinates
until you select Re-coordinate Traverse.
3) Edit the raw data to correct any known errors by selecting MsTraverse
| Active Traverse Editor.
4) Enter any starting setup and backsight coordinates into the coordinate
database before you attempt to coordinate the traverse. Use Store
and Edit Coordinates on the MsPoints menu.
5) Select MsTraverse | Traverse Calculations | Re-coordinate Traverse.

This is the program that analyzes the raw data and computes the
coordinates for all the raw data shots taken in the field.
6) Use the MsPoints | Active Coordinate Editor to view the points.

Examine the MicroSurvey drawing for errors.
7) Correct errors using MsTraverse | Active Traverse Editor and Re-

coordinate the traverse. When you run Re-coordinate traverse on a
traverse that has already been coordinated, you will trigger a point
protection alert for each point processed. To avoid this, turn off Point
Protection in System Toggles, then the entire traverse will then be
process without interruption.
8) To see the line work for the traverse go to the MsTraverse | Traverse
Entry / Editing | Show Traverse Graphically command.
9) Use the MsTraverse | Traverse Calculations | Compute Closure

option to analyze the closure of the traverse.

10) You may balance the traverse using one of several options, Angle
Balance, Transit Balance, Crandall's, Least Squares, or Compass
Balance. See Traverse Balancing in the on-line help for details.
11) If you detect an error after balancing, you can revert back to the
original or edited traverse and re-coordinate it again starting at step
For more examples of MicroSurvey workflow, please see the Tutorials
Files types used by MicroSurvey CAD 2005
An outline for how MicroSurvey CAD 2005 saves your drawings.
A suggested folder name to save your jobs in might be C:\JOBS2005. Then

create a new one for 2006, etc. as desired. We do NOT recommend that you
place your jobs in our MSCAD 2005 folder or in a sub folder under MSCAD 2005.
Also - try and keep your folder names simple and not too many levels deep. The
job name should also be kept simple. Under this folder you can have many jobs,
each with its own name. When you start a new job or open an existing job, there
are several files created automatically on the hard drive in the folder you
selected.
Below is an example of what files are created by MicroSurvey - using the file
JOBNAME.
Standard Job Files:

Drawing File Æ jobname.dwg
Database File Æ jobname.msd
Temporary Folder Æ <dir> jobname.msj
Backup of Drawing file Æ jobname.bak

Backup of Database file Æ jobname.mbk
Note that for MicroSurvey CAD 2005 you can set the program to store all files in
DWG format from R2.5-R2005.
When the Job is opened, the Drawing file goes into your computer memory, and
the Database file is opened into a temporary folder. The temporary folder has
the same name as the JOB but has an extension of MSJ attached to it.

You should not touch this folder and nothing should be placed in here except via
the automated routines in our program. We place this temporary MSJ folder in
the same location on the hard drive as the job. This is why you cannot open a
job from your floppy drive as it is too slow and does not have enough
space!
When you save the job, the contents of this folder are compressed and saved
into the MSD file. If you exit the program this folder is erased, along with
everything in the folder. This is why you should not place anything in this folder
yourself.
Each time you save the job you are taking the current information in memory and
saving it to the DWG file. Then we take the current contents of the MSJ folder
and save it to the MSD file. At the same time, if a DWG and MSD file already
exist then we rename the copy already on the hard drive. The DWG file
becomes the BAK file, and the MSD file becomes the MBK file. This way you
have backups of your work in case you need them. If a BAK file and MBK file
already exist then they are simply replaced by the newer copy.
As you work through a job you will create other files as well. The LOG file is
saved automatically in the same folder as the DWG file. This file maintains a
record of the survey commands run with their output. There is a toggle to control
this file as well as the ability to blank the file.
If you do any work in the Modeling menu and you decide to save your surfaces
then you will create a QSB file. We suggest you save it in the same folder as the
DWG file as well. This QSB file is not automatically saved and must be done
manually - also for loading it must be done manually each time you wish to use it
in the job.
The program will also save Raster functions in the FLI file and any Helmert's
Transformation data sets in the HELMERTS.BIN file.
Other files can be generated, depending upon what you do in the program. If
you download a data collector you may have a Raw data file or a Coordinate file.
You must tell us where to save these files on the hard drive and in some cases

even what to call them. We might suggest one of two locations to place these
files. First might be a folder called C:\DOWNLOADS, it would be at the same
level as JOBS2005 but separate. Second you may want to place the
DOWNLOADS folder under the JOBS2005 folder producing,
C:\JOBS2005\DOWNLOADS as a location to save all your download files. This
is up to you.
Depending upon what type of collector you are using, the file names may be sent
directly from the collector to our program. Other brands will require you to
provide the name and extension. If you are providing the name then be sure that
it reflects your job name, is unique and has an extension on it.
Suggested extensions might be RAW for raw data files and COR or TXT or ASC
for coordinate files. (TDS collectors use RW5 for raw files and CR5 for
coordinate files, and both use the name stored in the collector automatically) Or
course there are many other files that you can create with MicroSurvey, they can
range from Report files and closure files, to ASCII exported files and upload
collector files, and even Legal Descriptions. You can name these anything you
desire but we recommend that the naming structure be consistent and use
appropriate extensions, and always keep the files together in the JOBS2005
folder so you know where the files are. We allow you a lot of flexibility but you
have the ultimate control and if you do not know how to work in Windows to
create the correct folders then you may wish to receive some training in this area
before jumping in too deep.

MicroSurvey Assistant
These menus are designed to assist you in developing a job from first principles
to completed survey drawing, with minimal knowledge by the user.
Assistant Main Menu
The main menu is structured so that no matter what you have to do to start a job,
you should be able to do it directly from here.
As you move your mouse around on the assistant, you will see different pictures
appear for each of the buttons. They are there to help you remember what each
button will do for you. Picking on one of the buttons will take you to a second
level of menus that provide more programs. Investigate them all so you will know
where to find what you need.

Assistant - Set Program Defaults
Use this dialog to modify the

Program Defaults.
You can modify the Main Job

Defaults under the General
button. The Toggles are also
available to you from this
dialog, along with all the
other defaults used to setup
such things as distances,
elevations, point numbers,
etc. The CAD Settings and
Drawing Units will display the
appropriate options allowing
you to set the working units,
grid, snap, point style,
OSNAPs, trim radius,
highlighting options, mirror
text options, and a whole lot
more.
Assistant – FieldGenius Tools
MicroSurvey’s FieldGenius
line of data collectors has a
super productive and easy to
use interface. Our extensive
experience with a variety of
manufacturer’s data
collectors ensured that when
we built an interface, it would
be better than anything on
the market. Our ActiveSync
integration makes data
transfer and import as
painless as possible.
Assistant - Send/Receive Data from Data Collector
This short menu assists you if you

are downloading a file from your
data collector to the computer or
uploading a file from the computer
to your data collector.
Assistant - Import ASCII File or DC File
Another method of importing point

data into MicroSurvey CAD 2005
is via an ASCII file. This file would
have information like; Point
Numbers, Northings, Eastings,
Elevations, Descriptions, each
describing a point, and in one of
several different formats in a text
file known as an ASCII file.
You can also read a data collector

file that you downloaded
previously, incorporating the data
into your job.
Several other tools have been

added to this menu to allow you to
join points by linework in an
automated method.

Assistant - Traverse Calcs
This menu option allows you to

manually enter, edit, list, re-
coordinate, or show a traverse. It
also allows you to compute
closures and balance the traverse.
Data collector files are also

considered to be traverses and
therefore you have the ability to
manipulate those files as well.
Especially useful for the data
collector file is the Re-coordinate
traverse option which is required to
calculate coordinates from the
original Raw data saved in your
data collector files.
Assistant - COGO/Calculating Programs
Here are the shortcuts used

by almost everyone. COGO
is one of the most used
portions of MicroSurvey CAD
2005. Working with lines
and curves, generating
streets from centerlines, and
then taking those streets and
adding blocks and lots to
create a subdivision. Finally
this section allows you to
take the lots and place
houses on them, with
labeling of the lot numbers
and areas.

Assistant - DTM/Contouring/Volumes
For the customers that need to

take their survey drawings a step
further and create surfaces from
the point and line data, we have
made the transition to the
Modeling program as seamless as
possible. The more common
activities of creating Surfaces,
TINs, Contours, and continuing
further to calculate volumes
between multiple surfaces, are all
made available to you here along
with many other options.
Assistant - 3D Design Programs
This menu is used for the more

advanced design sections of
MicroSurvey CAD 2005. These
routines are explained in detail in
the Help system.

Assistant - Label Drawing
This menu is a short cut to all of

your text and labeling routines.
Many of the Toolboxes can be
accessed here to help make rapid
labeling possible. Other routines
such as line and curve tables and
area calculations are added to
assist you. The toolboxes, or
palettes, display many options and
can be left on the screen for future
usage.

Data Collector Tutorial
Because of the size and complexity of this tutorial we have broken it down into 11
smaller steps to make it easier for you to follow.
Step 1) Starting the Job
Step 2) Importing a Data Collector File
Step 3) Viewing the Drawing
Step 4) Line Connection – Z-coding
Step 5) Create Surfaces
Step 6) 3D Viewing and Advanced Rendering
Step 7) Cleanup of Screen
Step 8) Quick Contours
Step 9) Setting up a Boundary
Step 10) Final Contours
Step 11) Labeling Contours and Saving Your Work

Starting the Job
In this introductory tutorial we will load a data collector file and annotate the
points, connect the break lines, then build a contoured topographic model of the
surveyed site. We will start with a new empty drawing and project and build
everything from scratch.
To begin, start a new drawing by going to the File Menu and executing the
Project Manager command.
Pick the New button on the Project Manager:
Then fill in the name of the job and call it SOKKIA.DWG,

Pick on the Save button.
Next you will see the following dialog box.
Set the scale and other settings as shown below.
Pick on the OK button to continue.

Importing a Data Collector File
You will see the MicroSurvey Assistant on screen (if you do not, pick on the
Assistant button from the option bar)
From the assistant pick the Import ASCII File or Data Collector File
button.
Then from this dialog

pick the Import Data
Collector ASCII File
button.

Now select the button that says Sokkia 20/22/24.
You will then be presented with the Toggle Check dialog box to confirm
that they are correct or to change them if required.
Pick the OK button to continue.

Next you will see the following dialog.

Change it to the \MSCAD 2005\Tutorial folder and pick on the file named
SOKKIA.RAW.
Then pick on the OPEN button to continue. This is a Sokkia coordinate

data collector file.
Then you will see the following dialog box:

Select New Traverse, because this is a new traverse database.
Enter Sokkia as the new traverse name in the following dialog box, and
pick the SAVE button to continue.
Fill in information about the job in the dialog box below and then pick the
OK button.
This collector file contains only coordinate information and therefore all
the points are passed directly through to the database and screen. As the
data points are loaded, you will see the data collector records scroll by in
the text window, but because the view is not over the site, you don’t see
anything until the end when the program automatically does a zoom
extents for us.
You will see this dialog box in the middle of the screen.

Pick on NO
And NO.
Then when the Assistant menus come back on screen – hit EXIT on each
one until they are removed from screen and you are left with just the job
on screen.

Viewing the Drawing
(This step of the tutorial is to help show the points in the job in a view that
will help you understand the program. This entire step is not required
when doing your own jobs later)
You will see all of the labeled points from the job. If you zoom in on a
couple of points, they would look like this.
(The zoom commands are found on the left side of the screen)
The annotation (text) is drawn at the current elevation (usually zero), but
the points are drawn at their actual 3D elevation. You can see this by
looking at your drawing from an oblique view.
Let’s set our drawing to an oblique view. Run the Preset Viewpoints…
command, found in the View drop-down menu. You will see this dialog:

Now press this button (this is the ISO View SW button):
Then Press the OK button.
You will see from this oblique view that the points are at their elevation
towards the top of the screen and the annotation is at an elevation of
zero.

Now pick the Top View (Plan View) icon button found in the 3D View…
command, to return to a normal view.
Line Connection – Z-coding

We are going to connect points sharing the same description with 3D
break lines, so let’s create a layer on which to place them. Select the
layers icon in the bottom left portion of the screen, as shown here.
Make a new layer called "lines" and make it current as follows:
The window opens to the Layers table. Pick the New button at the top left
end of the toolbar, and type in LINES. Pick the small blue check mark to
make the LINES layer the current layer. In this case I set the lines layer
color to black (255) by picking the small box to the right of the layer
name. Close the IntelliCAD Explorer window.

From the MsTraverse pulldown menu, select AutoMAP System Æ
Connect Points by X Y Z, and you will see
We will be using these as break lines for our topographic surface, so pick
the 3D Lines button.
You will see some linework being drawn on screen and then you will see
the following dialog box.
The data collector file in this example uses Z coding to allow for fast
automatic connection of points with lines. Normally, you would blank the
description codes to remove the leading Z character, but for this demo,
answer NO to blank description codes so you can see them.
Now your screen should look like this. The lines you see are in 3D, just
like the points that were used to create the lines.

Create Surfaces
Now you have points and break lines, which is all you need for a topo
map and surface.
We will extract the data from which to make our map by using the Data
Extraction filters in the Modeling routines. This allows us to be very
specific on what we are using to create our surface. You do not always
need to use the filters but doing so allows you full control.
Go to the MsModeling pulldown menu and pick on Configuration

Settings.
This dialog will appear:

Pick on the Data Extraction button and this dialog box comes up.
Pick on the Filter by Entity button and then pick OK to continue, and OK
again to exit the previous dialog.
Next go to the MsModeling pulldown menu and select Extract from

Drawing Æ Extract to Surface. You will see the dialog box shown here.
Accept the surface name of Ground and pick the OK button to continue.

Now you will be asked what it is you are picking to create your surface.
On this dialog pick POINT from the list – then pick the SELECT button
and then the OK button to continue.
Next select the points, by windowing the entire drawing, or simply press
ENTER and the routine will grab everything in the drawing automatically
for you. Don’t worry if you get the break lines too as we have told it to
filter out just the points at this time.
264 points total in surface.
You have now placed all the points on the surface Ground. Now we need to do
the same thing with the breaklines.
Pull down the MsModeling menu and select Extract from Drawing Æ
Extract Breaks. This will show the following dialog box, similar to the one
above.

Pick OK to accept the surface name Ground. Both the points and
breaklines must be on the same surface.
Now you will see the following dialog box.
Pick on the RESET button and then pick on LINE, POLYLINE and LW
Polyline, as shown below.

Then pick on the SELECT button. What you are doing is telling the
routine that you no longer wish to pick points but now wish to pick lines
and polylines to add them as breaklines to your surface.
Then pick on the OK button to continue.
Now you can select the breaklines by making a window around the
drawing, or by simply pressing ENTER to select everything on screen.
Don’t worry if you get the points too as the filter will only use the 3D lines
and polylines it finds.
179 additional points added to current surface.
Note: The order is important here. Extract points first, then breaks. This
puts the extracted data into a surface named what you decide. The
default is GROUND. We don’t see anything yet because we just created
a surface in memory, but have not displayed it.
3D Viewing and Advanced Rendering
Most of the time you would just create and draw contours at this point, but
we will take a two-minute side trip to explore basic site visualization in 3D.
To start with, we are going to create and draw a TIN (Triangulated
Irregular Network) representing the topography by selecting TIN from the
MsModeling menu -> TIN Create/Edit option, pressing return to select
the <GROUND> surface and then answering D to Draw the surface

(rather than the temporary Show) and press return twice to draw it as a
polyface mesh entity with invisibility as NONE. This is the 3D surface
representing the points and breaks of the surface.
Here is what you should now see.
Cleanup of screen
We will erase the TIN from the screen so we can see the rest of the job. We will
use a shortcut to do this. Press an E (for erase) followed by <enter>, then when
prompted to select objects, answer L <enter> to select the last object drawn,
then press <enter> again. MicroSurvey has shortcuts called selection sets like
Last and Previous that can speed your work.

(If the Tin does not erase then try again and pick one of the triangles while in the
erase command)
Occasionally you may need to redraw the display in MicroSurvey to clean up

artifacts from erasing entities.
Pick the redraw button on the left side menu to run the redraw command.
Quick Contours
Contours may be generated by three different methods. To set the correct

method for what you require we need to do 2 things. First we need to set the
color map to what we require. Go to the MsModeling pulldown menu Æ Color
Options Æ Reset Color Map.
Pick on the RESET button and then the OK button.

What this is doing is setting the colors to standard CAD colors so you can set
your pen widths for plotting easily.
Now we need to tell the routine which method to use to color the contours and to
set the interval.

Go to the MsModeling pulldown menu Æ Color Options Æ Contour Color
Settings
Set your defaults to match

this dialog
We will draw our contours on their own layer. Make a new layer named contours
and make it current, just like you did for the lines layer previously. Pick the Layer
Management button. Pick the new button at the top left end of the Explorer
toolbar. Type in CONTOURS in the edit box and press Enter. Highlight the
CONTOURS layer and pick the blue check button to make it current. You can
also double click on the layer in the Explorer to make it current. Close the
Explorer.
Select the Contour command from the MsModeling pulldown menu, press
<enter> to accept the <GROUND> surface (the surface to which you extracted
your points) and press <enter> to temporarily “show the contours".

The contours are NOT yet part of the drawing. They are only in memory and
displayed temporarily.
The contours are displayed temporarily until the next refresh of the screen, such
as pan or zoom or redraw. If there was a problem with a bad elevation, you
could fix it before drawing permanent contour lines.
Setting up a Boundary
Most of the time in a topo survey you will take shots outside of the actual
property lines for control, but you may only want to display contours within the
property outline. We will do this by setting up and using a boundary. A boundary
acts like a Trim line, cropping the contours so they do not pass over the polyline.
We will add a boundary polyline, then draw and label contours for this site.

Draw a polyline similar in shape to the bold line shown below to use as a
boundary. This line might represent a property line or an arbitrary trim line for the
contours. (Your polyline will not be bold by default. We made this one bold so
you could see it easily.)
If you are unfamiliar with the polyline command, type PL then left click on each
location where you would like a vertex, then finish by typing a C to close the
polyline into a closed polygon suitable for a boundary. (See the MicroSurvey
help for more information).
Select this polyline as a boundary, by running the Boundary Options Æ Set

Boundary command from the MsModeling pulldown menu and selecting the
polyline boundary you just created. Press <enter> to complete the selection.
Now the contours will be limited to within this boundary, when we run the contour

command again to draw them. (See the help file for more on boundaries,
including nested boundaries)
Refresh the screen by picking on the redraw button on the left side menu.
The contours disappear because they were displayed temporarily with the show
command. Now we will draw them permanently, honoring our new boundary.
Final Contours
Select Contour from the MsModeling pulldown menu, press <enter> to accept
the <GROUND> surface (the surface to which you extracted your points) and
type D at the command line, and NO to the Close All prompt.
You will now see the following on screen.

The drawing is getting cluttered, so let’s turn off all layers except the Contours
layer. Go to the MsTools Æ Layer Control Æ Isolate. Then pick on one of the
contours and press <enter>.
What you are left with is this:

Erase the polyline we drew for the boundary, as it is no longer needed, because
the contours are now drawn and trimmed.
Type E enter and pick the boundary polyline, then press enter.
Labeling Contours and Saving Your Work
Zoom in on the steep slope in the NW part of the site. To zoom window, press Z
<enter> W <enter> and specify two corners. (Or, you can use the button on
the left side of the screen to zoom window.)
The black box in the image below shows you where to pick for the Zoom Window
command.

Select Annotate Æ Label Contours from the MsModeling pulldown menu. You
will be prompted for a text height. You may specify one graphically by clicking on
the screen to indicate the text height, or enter a number. In this case a height of
2.5 was used.
Next you will be repeatedly prompted for label locations.
Click on contours where you would like labels, and the labels will be placed and
the contours trimmed as needed.
NOTE: To label many contours in a straight row, draw a polyline across the
contours where you wish to have them labeled. Then run the Label Contours
command again – this time after giving the text height, pick the CONTROL button
found on the option bar. Then by following the prompts, select all the contours to
label (be sure to not pick the polyline to be used as control lines to label along).
After picking all the contours to be labeled – press enter. Then pick the control
polyline and you should see the labels start to draw on the contour lines exactly
where the control polyline intersected them. The Control polyline is automatically
removed from the drawing.

Example:
Now lets Zoom to the Extents of the drawing to see everything on screen.
Type Z <enter> then E <enter>, or pick the .button.
Now we are going to Smooth the contours. Go to the MsModeling pulldown

menu Æ Annotate Æ Smooth Contours.
Either pick the contours to smooth or simply press <enter> to select them all
automatically.
After smoothing your diagram should look like this.
Now save your job by picking the save command on the file menu. You also
need to save the surface by going to the MsModeling pulldown menu Æ
Surface Operations. Pick the surface name on the left side of the dialog and
then select the Write QSB button.

Set the folder to Jobs2005, the same location we started the job. Do not place
the file in the SOKKIA.MSJ folder. Enter the name SOKKIA and press the SAVE
button.
Pick the OK button on the previous dialog to continue
Your surface is now saved along with the drawing and the database.
You may now exit the program via the File pulldown menu.

Simple Traverse Tutorial
Step 2) Setting the Defaults
Step 3) Manual Traverse Entry
Step 4) Start Entering Shots
Step 5) List of Data to Enter
Step 6) Coordinating the Traverse
Step 7) Computing Closure
Step 8) Adjust Angles + Compass Balance
Step 9) Listing the Traverse

Starting the Job
In this cookbook-style tutorial we will enter a simple 2D traverse around a farm.

This traverse was done to locate the corners of the boundary, and to locate a
building on the farm.
Here is what your finished product will look like.
Overview:
The surveyor began by setting up on one corner of the farm property and
assigning a coordinate of North = 1000, East = 1000, Elev = 0, Point number = 1.
He then backsighted an iron bar with a known direction of 214 degrees 12
minutes, 15 seconds. Since he could not directly set up on all the bars on the
property because of rocks, hedges, and fences, he traversed around the property
taking side shots into the corners. On the traverse, he also located three corners
of a shed.
To Begin:
To begin, start a new drawing by running the New … command, found under the
File drop-down menu.
Pick the New button on the Project Manager, and filll in the name of the job and
call it FARM-A. Then pick Save to continue.
Next you will see the General Configuration Options dialog box.
Set the scale and other settings as shown below.
Setting the Defaults
Once the new job opens you will be asked to fill out the following as shown,
setting the units to Feet, Azimuths and the scale to 1=500’. Do not pick the OK
button yet!

Main Job Defaults dialog box
From the bottom of this dialog box, select the Toggles button. Set the System
Toggles as shown in the 3 Figures below.

System Toggles dialog boxes
Now press the OK button to return to the previous dialog – and press the OK
button again to continue.
Manual Traverse Entry
This is what your screen should now look like: (if the Assistant is not on screen
then pick the Assistant button from the main MicroSurvey CAD toolbar near the
bottom of the screen, or type Assistant at the command line and press Enter.
Next, from the Assistant, pick the Traverse Entry / Edit / Adjustment button:

Pick the Enter Traverse Field Notes button.
Pick on the New Traverse button
MicroSurvey will respond with a dialog box for you to enter your job name. Enter
FARM-A in the dialog box as shown below:

Pick the SAVE button to continue. You will be prompted with a dialog box to fill
out with information about the traverse:
Pick OK and then you will be asked:
Answer this NO, as we will use the normal dialog boxes to enter the traverse.
Answer Yes to the following dialog, so we start entering data with dialog boxes:

We will work with the dialog boxes so answer YES to this.
Now you are asked to enter the information for your first setup station, with
appropriate backsight information.
We have a Setup Point of 1 with coordinates of N=1000, E=1000, Z=0 so enter
the Setup Point Number as 1 and then pick the EDIT button to the right of the
point number. Fill in the new Dialog as shown below and pick Ok to finish.
NOTE: Use the TAB key to move between fields:
We have a backsight azimuth of 214 degrees 12 minutes 50 seconds from where

we set up, so a backsight azimuth of 214.1250 in the edit box, as shown below:
(Leave the other entries as shown)

Now pick the OK button to continue.
The program will go immediately into the data entry mode.
Start Entering Shots
Enter the first shot information into the dialog box as shown below.
(If the above dialog asks for Vertical Angles and Slope Distances instead of the
Horizontal Distance and Vertical Distance, then you did not set the system
toggles correctly. Exit out of the Traverse Entry Mode, change the Toggles to
match what was given earlier and start the traverse entry over again)
Pick the OK button or press <enter> to continue
The program will compute the coordinate and display the information in a dialog
box:

Pick OK to accept this information.
MicroSurvey allows you to switch back and forth between entering traverse legs
and entering side shots at any time. We will enter the traverse and side shots
together.
Rather than fill up this entire manual with screen shots showing the information to
type into this tutorial, we are going to list the shots and setup information to enter.
(To start a new setup, just pick Next Setup or press Esc at the Enter Correct
Data For Shot dialog box. The program will return to the setup dialog box.)
At this point you will be asked for the next side shot to be entered from the same
setup. We have no more shots from this setup so we need to traverse forward to
the last shot we just finished entering.
Pick the Next Setup button or press the Esc key on your keyboard to return to
the Enter the Setup Information dialog box.

List of Data to Enter
You will notice it has automatically updated the setup point number and the
backsight point number with the following data:
Set up on Point 7 and backsight 1.

Pick the OK button to accept these values.
Now you can enter the next Shot
Horizontal Angle :131.0316

Horizontal Distance :248.31
Vertical Distance :0
Point Number :8
Description :
Pick the OK button to continue. Press the OK button to accept the calculated
coordinate.
Next pick the Next Setup button to go back to the setup dialog box.

Enter the following Shot:

Vertical Distance :0
Point Number :2
Description :
coordinate.
Do NOT Pick the Next Setup button.

Vertical Distance : 0
Point Number :9

Description :
coordinate.
Setup on Point 9 and backsight 8.


Point Number :10
Description :
coordinate.


Point Number :3
Description :
coordinate.


Point Number :15
Description :
coordinate.

Enter the following shot:

Point Number : 4
Description :
coordinate.

Point Number :12
Description :
coordinate.

Point Number :13
Description :

coordinate.

Point Number :14
Description :
coordinate.

Point Number :16
Description :
coordinate.


Point Number :5
Description :

coordinate.
Point Number : 6
Description :
coordinate.
Setup on Point 6 and backsight 16, and

Enter the following Shot that is back to the original setup point:

Point Number :21
Description :
coordinate.

Now take the final shot to the closing foresight point. This is the starting
backsight point.

Horizontal Distance :100

Point Number :31
Description :
coordinate.
This concludes the survey data entry. You can exit by picking the CANCEL
button.
Coordinating the Traverse
You should be back to the assistant menu shown below:
We are going to Edit your Traverse Data to ensure you have not made any
mistakes in entry
Pick on the Edit Traverse Data button.
You will see the following Summary:

Close the Assistant dialog that appeared on top of the window.
Scroll down using the bar on the right to see the rest of the listing as shown
below:

(If you do have errors then you can edit the entry and make the correction now.)
Select Re-coordinate Traverse from the Edit Menu on the Active Drawing
Editor. Or you can type Ctrl-R if the editor window is current.
You will be given the option of creating a Re-coordination Report or Log. Accept
the defaults as shown:

After the traverse has been coordinated you will be returned to the Assistant.
Pick the EXIT button to leave the Assistant.
Next go to the MsTools Æ Print / Edit / View Reports Æ View Log command:
You will see the following Window appear.
You may print this report now by going to the File pulldown menu on this window,
and pick the Print command.
Pick the X in the top right of the window to close it.

Pick the Zoom Extents Button on the right of the screen,
Now your screen should look like this:

Save the project by entering the SAVE command.
Computing Closure
Now we will compute the closure error. Select the ASSISTANT from the option
bar, then pick the Traverse Entry /Edit/ Adjustment button. Then pick the
Compute Traverse Closure button. You will be asked:
Pick the YES button to continue.
Now you will be asked if you have a Closed Loop or Open traverse.

Select Open Traverse, because we have an external backsight and closing
foresight on this traverse.
MicroSurvey quickly analyzes the traverse and finds the last instrument setup
point number. It offers this as the closing point number: Our traverse matches
the first of the 3 scenarios presented:
You will be shown the calculated coordinates of point 21:
You must change these to reflect the true coordinates of point 21.
To make this easy for you pick on the button marked Copy.
This brings up another dialog that allows you to enter in the point number that
has the correct coordinates for point 21.

21 is the same point as 1 so enter point number 1 and Pick OK to return to the
previous dialog.
It will now look like this:
Enter Closing Foresight Point 31, as shown below:

You are asked for the actual coordinates of point 31. The numbers shown are
the calculated values. Enter in the following KNOWN values, as shown:
Pick the OK button to continue and the

Traverse Closure Report will be generated
on the Command Window.
Then pick the EXIT button on the

Assistant.
Open the View Log (you can also open this with a button on the MsMainControl
Toolbar) and then scroll down using the slide bar on the right, until you see the
following. (Remember you can print this by going to the File pulldown menu on
the Log Window and run the Print command.)

Pick the X in the top right corner of the window to close it.
Adjust Angles + Compass Balance
We are now going to do an Angular Balance on this traverse. Go to the

MsTraverse drop-down menu -> Traverse Calculations and pick on the Angle
Balance option.
Answer YES to the following:
Point Protection is currently ON. The Angle Balance program

requires that we turn this OFF. Can the program turn OFF
Point Protection?
The angles on this traverse will be balanced. The closure will be recomputed and
displayed. Pick on the ViewLOG button again and scroll down to the bottom to
see the results shown here.

Next you can perform a compass balance by going to the MsTraverse drop-
down menu -> Traverse Calculations and pick on the Compass Method
Adjustment option.
The traverse will be balanced according to the Compass Rule. The coordinates
for the main traverse and any side shots will be adjusted.
Now Pick on the ViewLOG button again and scroll down to the bottom to see the
results shown here.

Now lets see the traverse on the screen. to the MsTraverse drop-down menu -
> Traverse Entry/Editing and pick on the Show Traverse Graphically option.
Answer NO if you wish to see the linework temporarily until a redraw command
cleans up the screen. Answer YES if you wish to draw every line into the
drawing permanently (with the toggles and labeling defaults controlling their
appearance). Entering Yes will produce this drawing:

Listing the Traverse
Finally, we will dump a listing of the traverse to the Log file. Go to the
MsTraverse drop-down menu -> Traverse Entry/Editing and pick on the List
Traverse File option.
There are two formats of the listing: long and short.
Pick YES for the Short Listing.
Now Pick on the ViewLOG button again and scroll down to the bottom to see the
results shown here.

Keep scrolling to see the entire listing.
(Remember you can print this by going to the File pulldown menu and picking on
the Print command.) Pick the X in the top right corner of the window to close it.
The new Active Drawing Technology Editor offers formatted listings of much
higher quality than ever available before. To start the ADT editor, run the Active
Traverse Editor command found in the MsTraverse menu. Following is a print
preview from the File menu of the Editor:

(End of tutorial)

Property Line Tutorial
Step 2) COGO Calcs (Property Boundaries)
Step 3) Distance/Distance Intersection
Step 4) 3 Point Curve
Step 5) More COGO
Step 6) Bearing/Distance Intersection
Step 7) And More COGO
Step 8) COGO One More Time
Step 9) More 3 Point Curves
Step 10) Setting the Toggles
Step 11) Locating the Buildings (Using OFFSETS)
Step 12) Work on the SHED
Step 13) Line Inverse
Step 14) Job Complete

Starting the Job
In this tutorial, we will be using COGO Only, to calculate a drawing of three

adjacent properties with a house and shed on the center property. During this
tutorial, we will record our entry into the new Active Batch Cogo System. The
figure below illustrates some of the field notes taken by a survey party to give you
a feeling for what you are entering.
Property field notes
To begin, start a new drawing by running the New… command, found under the
Pick the New button in the Project Manager, and name the project
COGO. Then pick Save to continue.

Set the MicroSurvey
General Configuration
Options to Metric,
Bearings with a scale
factor of 1:250. This scale
is chosen so the bearings
and distances will be clear
in MicroSurvey.
Using the same procedure as the Traverse tutorial, set up the MicroSurvey
system toggles as shown.

If the Assistant appears on screen, pick the EXIT button to remove it.
COGO Calcs (Property Boundaries)
Before we start performing COGO calculations, turn on the Batch COGO

recording control by typing: MS_BATCH or select it from the MsCogo Æ Active
Batch COGO Æ Load Control Dialog. The following dialog should appear
Pick the Set button and choose New:
You will be prompted to enter a batch file name. Enter "Property Line Tutorial"
and press Save.
Note: We have included

this batch file for your use
as a later comparison, or if
you want cheat, you can
just load the batch file and
run it. Do not do this if you
really want to learn how to
use our COGO.
Now, Pick the Start button, and the dialog should show Recording ON.
To begin calculating the property boundaries, Type COGO at the MicroSurvey

command prompt. Respond as shown to these prompts:
Inverse:Pt..Pt/Curve Inverse:Pt..Pt..Pt
(Recording) Enter From Point <1>: 1 <Enter>
That coordinate is not in the file. Please enter it now.
Fill out the dialog as shown (be sure to use the mouse or the TAB key to move
between fields in the dialog)
Because point #1 did not exist, MicroSurvey automatically asked you to define its
location.
(Recording) Enter From Point: <1> <Enter>
Options: +/- or Pt..Pt+-Angle

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>:155.3030 <Enter>
Options: C#=-*/sin/cos/tan... or Pt..Pt(+-*/) a Distance

Enter the Distance: <>: 30 <Enter>
Enter the Solve Point: <2>: 2 <Enter>
Enter Description:<>: BAR <Enter>
1 N55°30'30"E 30.000 1016.989 2024.726 2
Pick the side you want the bearing placed/Above/Below: A <Enter>

The bearing you just entered can be read as: First Quadrant (1), Fifty-five
degrees, Thirty minutes, Thirty seconds, or N 55° 30’30" E.
(Recording) Enter From Point: <2> (At this point pick the Zoom
Extents button on the left side menu so we can see the info already
entered) ('ZOOMFIT will appear on the command line)

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 2..1-120 <Enter>

Enter the Solve Point: <3>: <Enter>

Enter Description:<BAR>: POST <Enter>
2 S64°29'30"E 32.000 1003.208 2053.607 3
By replying to ENTER BEARING with "2..1-120", you told MicroSurvey to take

the bearing from point 2 to point 1 and turn a counterclockwise angle of 120
degrees. Now let's continue…

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 2..3+90 <Enter>

Enter Description:<POST>: <Enter>
3 S25°30'30"W 40.000 967.107 2036.381 4

(Recording) Enter From Point: <4> ZE <Enter> (ZE is Zoom
Extents)
At this point the screen should look like this:
Rather than continuing from point 4, we are going to jump back to point 1 and
started a new calculation:
(Recording) Enter From Point: <4>1 <Enter>


Enter the Distance: <>: 37.5 <Enter>
Enter Description:<BAR>: <Enter>

1 S32°29'30"E 37.500 968.370 2020.144 5
Distance/Distance Intersection
Next is a DISTANCE - DISTANCE calculation so we can establish the center

point of the curve at the front of the property.
(Recording) Enter From Point: <5> 4 <Enter>

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: <Enter>


Enter Distance2: <>: 22 <Enter>
Enter the To Point: <5> <Enter>
Point :6 North : 947.363 East : 2026.678
Do you want to use this solution (Y/N) (N for other

solution) Y <Enter>
4 S26°10'16"W 22.000 947.363 2026.678 6
Enter Description:<BAR>: C <Enter>
6 N17°16'38"W 22.000 968.370 2020.144 5

Point :6 North : 947.363 East : 2026.678
Extents)
Note that no special commands were required to do the DISTANCE - DISTANCE

calculation; MicroSurvey knew to do this when you replied to a bearing prompt
with the <enter> key. This logic is followed for all intersection calculations. Since
this calculation yields two possible solutions, you were offered the opportunity to
use the "other" solution. Generally MicroSurvey works in a clockwise manner, so
the first solution offered is usually the clockwise solution.
3 Point Curve
Now we do a 3 point inverse to draw the curve and get the curve information:
(Recording) Enter From Point: <6>5..6..4 <Enter>
Arc: 16.68 Chord: 16.29 Tangent: 8.77

Delta: 43.2655 Radius: 22.00
By entering three numbers as shown above, you told MicroSurvey to compute an

angle clockwise from point 5 to point 4 with point 6 as the center of curvature.
You should see this now:

More COGO

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 2..1 <Enter>

Enter the Distance: <>: 2..1 <Enter>
Enter the Solve Point: <7>:13 <Enter>

Enter Description:<C>: (space) <Enter>
1 S55°30'30"W 30.000 983.011 1975.274 13
Entering the distance as "2..1" tells MicroSurvey to use the distance from point 2
to point 1, or 30 meters in this case.

Bearing/Distance Intersection
Next we want to do a BEARING - DISTANCE calculation from point 13 and point

6. Again, we will get two possible solutions and this time the "other" solution
solution will
be the one we want.
Extents)
At this point your drawing should look like this:


Enter the Distance: <>: <Enter>

Enter Quadrant Bearing #2 like QDD.MMSS: <>: <Enter>

Enter the To Point: <14> 6 <Enter>
Point :14 North : 933.912 East : 2044.087

Do you want to use this solution (Y/N) (N for other solution) N <Enter>
Point :14 North : 959.450 East : 2008.296

Do you want to use this solution (Y/N) (N for other solution) Y <Enter>
13 N56°40'24"W 22.000 959.450 2008.296 14
Enter Description:< >: POST <Enter>
14 S56°40'24"E 22.000 947.363 2026.678 6
Do a redraw to ensure the screen looks clean by

picking the button at the top left of the screen.
And More COGO
Now we calculate point 19:

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 2..3 <Enter>

Enter the Solve Point: <7>:19 <Enter>
Enter Description:<POST>: (space) <Enter>
3 S64°29'30"E 2.350 1002.196 2055.728 19
Since we did not want any description for this point, we used the spacebar to
blank the default that was offered. Now we calculate Point 20:

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 229.2930 <Enter>

Enter the Solve Point: <7>: 20 <Enter>
Enter Description:<BAR>: (space) <Enter>
19 S29°29'30"E 30.000 976.083 2070.497 20
Now we will calculate Point 21 using a Distance-Distance Intersection. Take the

second distance from the points on the drawing by entering a two point inverse:



Enter Distance2: <>: 4..6 <Enter>
Point :21 North : 951.388 East : 2048.307

20 S41°56'32"W 33.200 951.388 2048.307 21
Enter Description:< >: BAR <Enter>

21 S79°27'21"W 22.000 947.363 2026.678 6

Point :21 North : 951.388 East : 2048.307
More 3 Point Curves
Next we do a 3 point inverse to draw the curve between points 4 and 21 and get
the curve information:
(Recording) Enter From Point: <21> 4..6..21 <Enter>

Delta: 53.1705 Radius: 22.00
And the last curve can be calculated between points 14 and 5.
(Recording) Enter From Point: <21> 14..6..5 <Enter>

Delta: 39.2345 Radius: 22.00
Setting the Toggles
At this point your job should look like this:

Now we will use the Hot Toggles dialog to change the toggles so that
MicroSurvey will not draw bearings and distances on the sides of the house and
shed.
Click on the Draw Bearings toggle.

Click on the Draw Distances toggle.
The Hot
Toggles dialog
should now
look like this:

Locating the Buildings (Using OFFSETS)
Now we will locate the house and shed on the center property. The figure below
shows these structures in expanded detail as defined by the field notes.
We begin locating the structures with a BEARING - BEARING intersection with

OFFSETS. The bearings are taken from the lines by doing two point inverses.
The offset distances are entered by using a % sign. Long ago one of our
customers said they always write their field notes with o/s to signify offsets so
they recommend we use the % sign. It works…

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 5..1%8.5 <Enter>


Enter Quadrant Bearing #2 like QDD.MMSS:<>:5..4%-16.49 <enter>
Enter Description:<C> (space) <Enter>
5 N01°39'31"W 16.584 984.947 2019.664 7

7 S01°39'31"E 16.584 968.370 2020.144 5
To review: the % sign used in the bearings tells MicroSurvey that you are
entering information on an offset. Positive is to the right and negative is to the left
of the reference line.
Next is a BEARING - DISTANCE intersection with an OFFSET.

Enter Quadrant Bearing like QDD.MMSS:<>: 5..1%9.1 <Enter>


Enter Quadrant Bearing #2 like QDD. SS: <>: <Enter>


Point :8 North : 987.749 East : 2018.591
5 N20°57'17"W 3.000 987.749 2018.591 8
Enter Description:<C>: (space) <Enter>
8 S20°57'17"E 3.000 984.947 2019.664 7



Enter Description:< >: <Enter>
8 N69°02'43"E 2.000 988.464 2020.459 9


9 N20°57'17"W 5.000 993.133 2018.671 10



10 N69°02'43"E 8.000 995.994 2026.142 11



Enter Distance2: <>: 10.2 <Enter>
Point :12 North : 988.504 East : 2029.224
11 S22°21'59"E 8.100 988.504 2029.224 12
12 S69°35'36"W 10.200 984.947 2019.664 7

Point :12 North : 988.504 East : 2029.224
Work on the SHED
This completes the house; now we proceed to the shed. For the following
DISTANCE - DISTANCE calculation, we will select the "other", or NEAR solution.



Enter Distance2: <>: 17.5 <Enter>
Point :15 North : 999.541 East : 2023.372
Do you want to use this solution (Y/N) (N for other solution) N <Enter>
Point :15 North : 999.881 East : 2028.410
11 N30°16'10"E 4.500 999.881 2028.410 15
15 N12°09'07"W 17.500 1016.989 2024.726 2
Point :15 North : 999.881 East : 2028.410



Point :16 North : 1001.049 East : 2030.033
2 S18°24'55"E 16.800 1001.049 2030.033 16
Enter Description:<POST>: (space) <Enter>
16 S54°15'40"W 2.000 999.881 2028.410 15
Point :16 North : 1001.049 East : 2030.033


Enter the Solve Point: <17> : <Enter>
16 S35°44'20"E 2.500 999.020 2031.494 17



Enter the Solve Point: <18> : <Enter>
17 S54°15'40"W 2.000 997.851 2029.870 18
We need to erase a few extra lines that are on the drawing, but at this point your
drawing should look like this:

Line Inverse
(Recording) Enter From Point: <18> 15..18 <Enter>
You should see this

information dialog. Press
the Ok button:
15 S35°44'20"E 2.500 997.851 2029.870 18
(Recording) Enter From Point: <18> Esc
Job Complete
The shed is now complete. Finally, by deleting unneeded lines, we get the
property drawing shown below.

Final property drawing
Save your job by picking the SAVE command from the File pulldown menu.
Now, Pick the Stop button on the Batch COGO Control window. It should show
Recording OFF.
Pick the Edit button and you should see something like this window. It has been
expanded so you can see more:

Pick the SP and you can edit the starting coordinates.
Pick the Edit menu and you can see all the commands available for building a
batch file:

Scroll to the Bottom of the Grid and Pick the Type Cell Æ it will change to a pull
down combo box with all the record types listed:
(End of tutorial)

Earthwork Volume Tutorial
Step 2) Setting the Defaults and Toggles
Step 3) Importing a Data Collector File
Step 4) Creating the Traverse File
Step 5) Processing and Editing the Traverse File
Step 6) Coordinate the Traverse
Step 7) Working with AutoMAP
Step 8) Start the First Surface
Step 9) Make the First TIN
Step 10) Start the Second Surface
Step 11) Extract the Second Surface
Step 12) Make the Second TIN
Step 13) Calculate Volumes between the 2 Surfaces
Step 14) Cross Sections across the Job

Starting the Job
To begin, start a new drawing by running the New… command, found under the
Pick the New button on the Project Manager. Fill in the name of the job and call
it VOLUMES. Then pick Save to continue.
Setting the Defaults and Toggles
As soon as the job is open you are asked to check or set the General Defaults.
Please take the time to make your General Defaults the same as shown here.
Now that your job is open, you have many options presented to you. The first set
of options are available from the MicroSurvey Assistant – Main Menu. This is
a floating dialog box with commands on it that you can pick.

We will go and check and set the program defaults. To do this pick the button
Set Program Defaults. Next you will be given another dialog box to choose
from.
In this dialog box we can choose to set any of the drawing defaults that we may
need. In this tutorial we are going to assume that everything we do not look at is
considered okay for this job.
We need to check our Toggles so pick the COGO Toggles button. This will
show you the following dialog boxes. Please make yours look the same as ours
shown here. When done pick the OK button.
System Toggles dialog boxes
Pick the OK button to continue. This will take you back again to the
MicroSurvey Assistant – Defaults Menu. Press the OK button to return to the
MicroSurvey Assistant – Main Menu.
Importing a Data Collector File
From here we are going to go through the steps to read our data collector file
from the hard drive into our program and save it into a traverse file.
Pick on the button labeled Import ASCII File or Data Collector File. You will
see this next dialog box.

We are going to import a data collector raw file so pick the button labeled Import
Data Collector ASCII File. This will bring up a dialog box with all the different
collector types that we support.
As you can see, the list of supported collector files is very large and includes all
the major brands on the market. For this tutorial we will use a file collected in the
Topcon format. (This is not saying that Topcon is the collector of choice, only
that the file used in this tutorial was of this format. All of the other collector
formats would give equally suitable data in this type of job.)
Pick the button labeled Topcon FC4/On Board (bottom left corner of the
dialog). As soon as you do you will be presented with the following dialog box;

This allows you to quickly check or change your toggles before proceeding. Pick
the OK button to continue.
You will then be asked to give the file name of the collector file. Go to the
\MSCAD 2005\TUTORIAL directory and pick on the file Fc4-big2.raw.
Once you have selected the correct file, press the OPEN button to continue.
Creating the Traverse File
You will then be presented with the dialog box asking if this is a New or Existing
Traverse.

This is a New Traverse so pick the New Traverse button. Now you will be asked
to name your traverse file. This allows you to have several traverses in one job
and keep them all organized so you can work on them separately.
You can name your traverse file anything that makes sense to you. I have
chosen the name VOLUMES for the traverse. The program will use the project
name as the default. Once you have entered the name press the Save button.
Next you will be asked to enter some information about this traverse. You may
leave this blank if you wish but a good practice is to fill in the information as it is
used later in printouts.

Then press the OK button to continue.
From this point, the program very quickly reads the raw data file from the hard
drive and stores it into our traverse file. You will see the information scrolling
very quickly at the top of the screen in the prompt area. You should see 4 points
on the main screen. These were points entered as coordinates in the raw
collector file. The rest of the shots have been recorded as raw data and have not
been coordinated. We will do that next...
Processing and Editing the Traverse File
You will see this dialog box in the middle of the screen.
Pick on YES so we can see the raw data in the traverse file and confirm
that it is correct and complete. If the Assistant is still open, close it down
so you can work on the traverse file. You should see the following
window with the raw data from the survey.

Coordinate the Traverse
Select Re-coordinate Traverse from the Edit Menu on the Active Drawing
Editor. Or you can type Ctrl-R if the editor window is current.
You will be given the option of creating a Recoordination Report or Log. Accept
the defaults as shown:

Now you will see the coordinates being calculated in the prompt area on top of
the screen as well as the information being drawn into the graphics window. The
entire job will be imported and displayed on screen.
The linework you see is only temporary and will be erased as soon as you do a
zoom command or a redraw command. You will be left with nothing but the
points at that time. To be able to do a zoom or redraw command we have to exit
out of the MicroSurvey Assistant menus. Press the OK button and then the EXIT

button to get out of the assistant. Then do a Zoom Fit (zoom extents) by picking
this button on the left of the screen.
You will now see the points as shown below.
Working with AutoMAP

Our objective is to calculate the volume of this pile of earth. To do this we need
to layer separate the data to help us build the two surfaces. In other words we
want all the points with descriptions of TOP to be on one layer and the points
with descriptions of BOTTOM on a different layer. This will make it easier to
select the correct points to create surfaces to generate volumes.
To do this we are going to use the AutoMap program. You can find this in the
MsTraverse pulldown | Automap System. This command is available in other
locations as well.
This will display the dialog box below.
This is a powerful command but we will just use a portion of it’s power in this
tutorial. First thing you need to do is pick the New Library button. This will
remove the current listing of descriptions (which do not match our current job)
and allow us to then pick the Scan Dbase button which will go to our job and
look up every description we used and display them, ready for editing.

This job has 3 different descriptions. BOTTOM, TOP and NL. We do not need
the NL description as it only defined the control points and is not related to the
surfaces we are creating, so we are going to delete this description from our list.
This will not erase the points for the job. It only means that the points will not be
relocated to another layer or have linework connecting them, so do not worry.
Pick the description NL from the left side of the dialog and then pick the Delete
button.
You will be asked if you are sure that you wish to delete this description.
This will leave you with only the BOTTOM and TOP descriptions to be edited.
Now pick on the description BOTTOM and pick the Edit button. You will now see
this dialog box.

This dialog box has many options on it. The ones we are concerned with are in
the bottom half. Set your program to match the dialog below. We are not
applying any symbols, but we are going to draw a 3D polyline connecting all the
points with the description Bottom, in increasing point number order. We are
also moving the nodes, elevations and point numbers to the same layer as the
description and polyline. Note: Set the layer color to Red.

When you have set all the options as above then press the OK button and edit
the description TOP in the same method. The settings are shown below. Note:
Set the layer color to Blue.

Pick the OK button after setting the above dialog.
Lets save this library for future use. Pick on the Save Library button.
Give the library a unique name of VOLUMES, as shown above. Pick the SAVE
button to continue.

Now all that is left is to process the settings for the descriptions. Press the
Process AutoMAP Connections Now button.
Now you will see the following dialog box;
Because we are not using the Z-Coding option in this example, simply pick on
the Skip XYZ Method button to continue.
Using the Explorer we will freeze the layers shown below by picking on the layer
names to highlight them. Pick the “Thawed” word as shown below to toggle
the value to “Frozen” to freeze the layers – lastly, exit the Explorer.
Now your job should look like this.

The Bottom points have all been placed on the BOTTOM layer and connected by
a 3D Polyline and the Top points have all been placed on the TOP layer and
connected separately by another 3D Polyline.
Start the First Surface

Now we are ready to generate 2 surfaces to calculate volumes from.
The first surface will have all of the Top and Bottom points to define the
upper surface of the pile.
To do this we will load the palette from the MsModeling pulldown menu by
picking on the option Modeling Palette…. The following palette (toolbox) will
appear on screen. Move it to a convenient location on the right of the screen.

To extract points to a surface, pick this button.
The following dialog box will appear. Please fill it out as shown below and then
pick the OK button to continue.
After picking the OK button you will be asked to select all the points to be used in
this surface. We need all of the points on screen to form the top surface so
simply press the ENTER button to select them all.
It should report in the command prompt area;
We have now defined the surface by extracting the points, but we now also need
the breaklines to add more detail and make the surface accurately reflect the
surface edges of the pile.
To extract the breaklines to the same surface, pick this button.

pick the OK button to continue. Note: remove the Clear before extract
checkbox!
After picking the OK button you will be asked to select all the breaklines to be
used in this surface. We need all of the linework on screen to help form the top
surface so simply press the ENTER button to grab them all. You should see
something like this on the text screen:
2 Break Lines extracted
337 stacked points dropped,
Auto densification...
756 triangles built
1206 triangles built
321 additional points added to current surface
Make the First TIN
Next we need to create a TIN for this surface. Pick this button. from the
palette.
The TIN command will ask you several questions. Answer them as follows;
Surface name <TOP>: <Enter>
None/Show/Draw/Redraw <Show>? <Enter>
This will temporarily display the TIN so we can confirm that the TIN has been
generated correctly.

A redraw or zoom command will remove the TIN from the screen.
Start the Second Surface
Now we need to create the Bottom surface. It is difficult to pick the points around
the outside edge of the pile without accidentally picking other points as well, so
we will isolate the bottom layer on screen. This command can be found on the
MsTools Æ Layer Control Tools then pick the ISOLATE option.
After the command load you will be asked to:

Select item on layer to isolate: Pick on one of the red lines, then
press <ENTER>
Now the job should look like this:

Extract the Second Surface
To extract the points to a new surface, pick this button.
this surface. We need all of the points on screen to form the bottom surface so
simply press the ENTER button to grab them all.

So far we have the points that help define the surface but we now also need the
breaklines.

pick the OK button to continue. NOTE: Remove the Clear before extract
check box.
used in this surface. We need all of the linework on screen to help form the
bottom surface so simply press the ENTER button to select them all.
Make the Second TIN
Next we need to create a TIN for this second surface.

Pick this button. from the palette.
Surface name <BOTTOM>: <Enter>

A redraw or zoom command will remove the TIN from the screen.
Calculate Volumes between the 2 Surfaces
Now we can finally calculate the volume between the surfaces called TOP and
BOTTOM.
We can calculate the volume in two different ways. First we will run the Surface
Volume command from the MsModeling pulldown menu Æ Volumetrics.
Fill out the two surface names as shown with the TOP surface on the left and the
BOTTOM surface on the right. Be sure to pick the check box beside Surface
Name to be able to enter the BOTTOM surface

Now pick the OK button and volumes will be calculated and displayed in the
command prompt area on screen. Flip to the command prompt window by
pressing the F2 function key (a second time to return to the normal screen)
The volume will be displayed like this.
Using conversion factor of 1.
Volume of TOP-BOTTOM based on a planar tin.
Positive Volume Negative Volume Net Volume

--------------- --------------- ----------
46522.834 -3.449e-005
46522.834
The negative volume shown here is so small that it does not affect the job in any
way and was due to minor deviations in the way the two TINs were generated.
Your final volume is 46,522.834 m3 (because our job was in metric – if it had
been feet then the units would have been cubic feet by default)
The Second way to calculate the volumes between the same two surfaces is the
Area Volume command.
Run the Area Volume command by picking this

button from the palette.

Fill out the surfaces in exactly the same way as we did above for the Surface
Volume command. Pick OK to continue.
Now for the slight difference between the two methods. You are now
prompted…
Select area polygons:

Return to select all visible or
Select objects: Pick the RED polyline around the bottom of the pile
and press <enter>
(NOTE: When doing one of your real jobs instead of this tutorial – the polyline
around the base may not be created properly with the AutoMAP command due to
the order the points were picked up in, in the field. You may find that you have to
manually draw a polyline from point to point instead.)
The polyline you pick now is the one that we drew with AutoMAP, around the
base of the pile.
The volume report will be the same – confirming that we have the correct
answer.
Using conversion factor of 1.
Volume of TOP-BOTTOM based on a planar tin.
Area Positive Volume Negative Volume Net Volume

---- --------------- --------------- ----------
46522.834 -3.449e-005 46522.834
Area 1 will also be labeled on the drawing.
Cross Sections across the Job
For those who wish to confirm the volume by seeing cross sections to prove the
answer, we have just the feature to do this.
Under the MsDesign pulldown menu ÆAutoRoute options there is a command

Across Full Surface.
You will be asked which surface you wish to plot. Select TOP and press OK.

Next you will be asked which way do you wish to run the center line for all the
cross sections to be related to. Then you will be asked for the Interval for the
cross sections.
Begin on which side of surface North/South/East/<West>: N

<Enter>
Enter cross section interval: 20
A center line and cross section lines will be drawn over the job as
reference.

If you wish, you can erase these lines, or leave them for later reference. Your
choice!
I left them on in my example by answering NO.
Next you will be asked if you wish to plot the cross sections.

Answer Yes to this and you will get the
following dialog box that controls the grid
on the cross sections.
Fill your dialog box out as

shown above and when
completed press the OK
button. Note: This job is a
Metric job, so the width and
height of the sheet are in
mm. If you were working in
feet, you would put in the
inch size of the paper you
were using, like 24 x 36
. When you pick the Ok button, You will be prompted with:
Pick lower left corner: This is the insertion point for the cross sections
so select a starting point over to the right of the diagram so they do not overlap
each other.
Below is one of the cross sections enlarged.

You can change the color of the layers to get better visual results or for setting
pen widths for plotting.
As a double check you can calculate the volume under the cross sections, to
work out the volume the old hand method.
Save your job by picking the SAVE command from the File pulldown menu.
Then be sure to save your surfaces, as you were shown in the Data Collector
Tutorial.
(End of tutorial)

Road Design Tutorial
Step 1) Opening the Job
Step 2) Create the Ground Surface
Step 3) Inputting the Horizontal Alignment
Step 4) Stationing and Saving the Horizontal Alignment
Step 5) Create Profile
Step 6) Design New Profile
Step 7) Create Cross Section Template
Step 8) Create New Road Surface
Step 9) Output Cross Sections
Opening the Job
Start by opening the CONTOURS.DWG file using the Open command found in
the File menu. The CONTOURS.DWG file should reside in your \MSCAD
2005\TUTORIAL directory by default. You will need to change the Project
Manager -> Project Directory to point to the Tutorial directory, or you can copy
the CONTOURS.DWG file to the \JOBS2005 directory and open it there.

Pick on the job name and then pick the Open button.
The system General Configuration Options should be set to match the following
for this job to work cleanly. Press the OK button once they are confirmed to be
correctly set.

Exit out of the MicroSurvey Assistant if it comes up on screen. We will not
need this excellent tool for this tutorial.
You will see a series of contours and a few points, they will be used to define
your existing surface.

Create the Ground Surface
Do the SAVEAS command to create a new drawing using the contours as a

starting point. This will protect the original data so you can execute the tutorial
again if you wish.
Type SAVEAS and press enter, or go to the File drop-down menu and pick on
the SAVE AS… command..
Change the default folder to save in \JOBS2005 and change the file name to
CONT.DWG then pick the SAVE button to continue.
Next, we need to extract all of the 3D point data and 3D breaklines (contours) to
create the existing surface.
To do this we are going to control what is on screen by isolating the points and
the breaklines on screen, one at a time. Under the MsTools pulldown menu ->
Layer Control pick the ISOLATE option.
Select item on layer to isolate: (pick on one of the points and press Enter)
Now all you will see on screen are the points.
Next we will load the Modeling palette from the MsModeling pulldown menu by
picking on the option Load Modeling Toolbox. The following palette (toolbox)
will appear on screen. Move it to a convenient location on the right of the screen.
To extract points to a surface, pick this button.
this surface. We need all of the points on screen to form the top surface so
simply press the ENTER button to grab them all.

So far we have the points that help define the surface but we now also need the
breaklines.
Under the MsTools pulldown menu -> Layer Control pick on the UNISOLATE
option, this brings back the breakline layer. Now Under the MsTools pulldown
menu -> Layer Control pick the ISOLATE option.
Select item on layer to isolate: (pick on one of the breaklines (contours) and
press Enter) Now all you will see on screen are the breaklines (contours).


used in this surface. We need all of the linework on screen to help form the top
surface so simply press the ENTER button to grab them all.
Next we need to create a TIN for this surface. Pick this button. from the
palette.
Surface name <GROUND>: <Enter>
A redraw or zoom command will remove the TIN from the screen. The Tin will
remain in memory.
Inputting the Horizontal Alignment
Now that we have our surface we can create our alignment.
Start by going to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and picking the
Design Alignment command.
In the Command prompt area, it will ask you the following, please enter
the information shown:
Enter alignment name: MAPLE
* NOTE *
When naming a horizontal alignment, be sure to use only a single word, with no
spaces, as the name, such as:
ROAD1, Orange_Side_Road, Maple_Street, Pine-Street, Maple
From point: -200,100

To point: 1,90
To point: 70,-45
To point: 240,-50
To point: <Enter>
Note: It is not necessary to enter exact coordinate to create an alignment. You

can also "pick" the points on screen.
The center line of the road is now drawn.

Next you will be asked if you wish to edit the alignment:
Answer Yes so we can insert new curves and spirals.
Edit alignment. Add/Delete/Move/Curve/SCS: SCS
Pick POT: <pick the red circle at the FIRST bend in the road> (zoom in if
you can not pick it easily. Don’t miss it!)
Now you will see the following dialog box.

Fill in the top left corner of the dialog, as shown above, and then pick the
Calculate Spiral Variables button to calculate the rest of the fields in the dialog
box. Pick the OK button to place the spirals and curve on the screen.
Pick POT: <Enter>
Edit alignment. Add/Delete/Move/Curve/SCS: Curve
Pick POT: <pick the red circle at the SECOND bend in the road> (zoom in if
you can not pick it easily. Don’t miss it!)
Enter curve radius: 50
Pick POT: <Enter>
Edit alignment. Add/Delete/Move/Editcurve/Newcurve: <Enter>
Now you will be asked if you wish to continue and profile the existing ground
surface?

Pick NO for now.
At this point your job should look like this:
Stationing and Saving the Horizontal Alignment
Before we continue with the profile lets label the stationing along the alignment.
Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute pick on the Label
Alignment option
Label alignment. Stations/Offsets/NewPoint/ExistingPoints/Report: STATIONS
There are many options to label and create points along the alignment and on
offsets, as well as reports.
We are going to simply label points along the centerline in this example.

Pick OK to continue
After picking Stations as the method you will have the following dialog box
appear:
Fill in the dialog as shown and pick OK to continue.
Label alignment.
Stations/Offsets/NewPoint/ExistingPoints/Report: <Enter>
to continue
Here is what you will see on screen,

and a close up showing the labeling,
You can see that the tangent, curve and spiral have had the stationing labeled,
as well as the beginning of Curve and Spiral. New points have been created
along the centerline with the description set as the station. Some text overlap is
apparent and a simple move command can clean this up.
Now we should save this alignment to a file to protect us and allow us to retrieve
it without having to recreate it from scratch.

Under the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute pick on the Write .HRZ
File option.
On the command prompt window you will see the message that tells you where
and what the file is called.
Alignment saved in C:\Jobs2005\MAPLE.HRZ.
Create Profile
Now that we are finished labeling and saving the horizontal alignment – lets
continue with the vertical profile.
Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick the Extract
Existing Ground Profile option.
You will be asked to pick from a list of surfaces – we want GROUND as our
surface.
Pick on the word GROUND and pick the OK button.
Next you will be shown a dialog box that will control how the profile will be drawn.
Change the settings to match this dialog:

The only value you need to change is the Grid Interval Horizontal from 100 to 10.
Press the OK button to continue.
Next you will be asked:
Pick YES to continue
Pick lower starting corner of grid: <Pick Somewhere Appropriate – maybe

Above the Alignment>
You will be asked if you wish to create the design profile?
Answer NO for now.

Now lets set the Profile_Grid layer to gray (color 9) for easier visibility, Go to the
Layer Manager (View menu, Layer Manager… command).
Then pick on the layer, as shown, and change the color to gray(9).
Pick OK to continue.
Now the profile will look like this:
Design New Profile
Now that we have had a chance to look over our existing profile, we now need to
create a design alignment.
Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick on the Design
Vertical Alignment option.
Draw new profile grid or use existing New/<Existing>: <Enter>
Enter vertical alignment name: <MAPLE>

* NOTE *
When naming a Vertical alignment, be sure to use only a single word, with no
spaces, as the name, such as:
ROAD1, Orange_Side_Road, Maple_Street, Pine-Street, Maple
At this point, the program will draw a rubber band line from the bottom left corner
of the graph. This helps you to find the starting end of the profile. Pick on the
graph where you wish to start the new profile line.
Pick first VPI location: < pick near the left edge around the existing
profile>
Change the dialog box that comes up, so the station and elevation look like the
following;
Pick the OK button.

Next pick somewhere around the middle of the profile and change the dialog box
so the station and elevation match the following;
Pick the OK button.

Lastly pick over near the top right and change the settings so the station and
elevation match the following.
Pick the OK button.

Press ENTER to continue.
Next you will be asked:
Pick YES to continue.
Now you will be prompted,

Add/Curve/Delete/Move: CURVE
Select VPI: <Pick the Red Circle at the FIRST bend in the vertical
alignment> (zoom in if you need to, to be able to pick the red circle cleanly –
don’t miss it)
Enter or pick curve length: 150 <Enter>
Select VPI: <ENTER>
Add/Curve/Delete/Move: <ENTER>

Next you will be asked if you wish to pass our cross section template along the
design alignment and create a new surface.
Answer NO for now because we need to create the template first.
Before we do the Cross Section Template, let’s label the vertical curve.
Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick on the
Query/Label VPI option.
Select existing VPI: <Pick the Red Circle at the FIRST bend in the
vertical alignment> (zoom in if you need to, to be able to pick the red circle
cleanly – don’t miss it)
You will see the following dialog box.
Be sure to pick the Label Curve box to turn it on. Then pick the OK button to
continue.
The curve will be label as shown below:

Select existing VPI:<enter>
Note: if nothing appears, check the layering to make sure that the items are
not in white on a white background.
Create Cross Section Template
Before we create the template let us save the Vertical Design file;
Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick on the Write .VRT
File option.
The command prompt will display the following to confirm it was saved.
C:\Jobs2005\PGRID-0.VRT saved.
Now lets create a template for our road cross section.

Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick on the Create
Cross Section Template option.
You will see a template editor on screen. This editor has many options
that need to be filled out.

Set each leg to the values shown.
delete leg 4,
Set the cut slope = 3.0 and fill slope = 2.0.

Repeat legs 1 to 4 for the left side. Once completed your template should look
like the following.

Pick the SAVE and EXIT button.
This will allow you to save the template for future use.
Give the template the name of MAPLE, as shown.
Pick the SAVE button to continue.
The following message is placed in the command prompt window.

Cross section template file saved as C:\Jobs2005\MAPLE.TMP.

Create New Road Surface
Now that the cross section template is complete, we can now apply it to the
design alignment. Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick
on the Create New Design Surface option.
You will then see the following dialog box:
Pick on our MAPLE template then pick the OPEN button to continue.
The following dialog comes up next,
You need to confirm the surface and alignment names match the box shown
above. Press the OK button.
After a short period of time (a few seconds or so), the following prompt appears
in the command window.

Draw or Show new TIN? Draw/Show/Noshow:
<Pick SHOW to see the TIN>
You will then see a dialog asking you if you want to create cross section data for
later export to LandXML file, say NO to this.
Your drawing should now look like this:
After seeing the TIN you can hit the redraw button to clear the TIN. The Surface
does stay in memory for future use.
What you will now see on screen is the road with the template applied, showing
the outer edge where the template intersects with the original surface.

Output Cross Sections
Now lets get some cross sections along the alignment.

Go to the MsDesign pulldown menu -> AutoRoute and pick on the Extract
Cross Sections from Alignment option.
Be sure to set the next dialog box exactly as shown below to ensure you get the
correct results. Special attention to ensure you select BOTH surfaces as shown.
This will draw lines on the plan view of the alignment to show where the cross
sections will be extracted from.

Then:
Answer NO.
When you answer YES you will be shown another dialog box that controls the
output of the sections. Please fill it out exactly as shown:

Pick lower left corner: <this is the starting location for the sections to be
drawn> (go to the right of the drawing so they do not overlap on screen)
You will see the sheet size outlined and the sections draw within the sheet.

Changed the color of Layer GRID to gray (9) as we did above for the profile.
Here is a close up of a few of the sections:

Be sure to save the drawing and the surfaces, as we covered in a previous
tutorial.
(End of tutorial)

House Placement Tutorial
Step 1) Open the Job
Step 2) Working with the Toolbox
Step 3) Entering a Lot
Step 4) Defining the Lot Sides
Step 5) Entering a House
Step 6) Defining a House
Step 7) Placing a House on the Lot
Step 8) Computing Stakes
Step 9) Staking Reports
Open the Job
To begin, start a new drawing by running the New … command, found under the
Pick the New button on the Project Manager, and name the job LOT.
Pick Save to continue.
Next you will see the following dialog box.

Set the defaults as shown here

At the bottom of the above dialog box, pick on the Toggles button. This brings
up the following dialog boxes.
Set the Toggles as shown here.

Now pick the OK button to return to the previous dialog and pick OK again to exit
and save the settings in that dialog box.
If the MicroSurvey Assistant comes up on screen – pick the EXIT button to

remove it from the screen.
Working with the Toolbox
Go to the MsTools pulldown menu -> Subdivision Palette… option.
The toolbox and can be dragged to any location on screen (by picking in the top
bar in the Toolbox and while holding the mouse button down, drag it to the
desired location) to make it easy to access but not cover the drawing.
Entering a Lot
Pick on this button:
You will now be asked if you are entering a lot or block.
In this example we will pick on the top button to enter a Lot.

Now you will be asked which of the 3 different ways you wish to enter the lot
information.
Pick on the first button:
Now fill out the next dialog as show, with the lot number.

You will then be given some reminders on how to enter your lot.
Now you will see the following dialog:

There will be many things to enter
on this dialog. To start with you
need to tell the routine if you are
entering a line or curve – then
press enter to continue. Then you
will be asked to fill in each piece of
information on that line or curve.
Press enter after each piece of info
has been entered.
Here is what the first series of entries should look like:
After entering this info – press

enter and you will be given the
previous dialog again, ready for
new numbers. You will also see
the lot taking shape in the drawing
after each side is entered.
Here are the remain pieces of information for you to enter: Fill in everything, one
step at a time as you go, and press enter after each item:

After you enter in all of the info on the last dialog – pick the FINISH button to
continue.
You will be presented with the following:

Defining the Lot Sides
At this point you have the following lot drawn.
The following dialog is on screen:

You need to pick on each of the 4 buttons labeled Front, Left, Rear and Right,
one at a time and then pick the linework related to the button.
To start, pick the FRONT button and then pick the first line we drew. Then
press enter to continue.
Then pick the LEFT button and pick the second line we drew. Then press enter
to continue.
Then pick the REAR button and pick the first curve and the next line we drew.
Then press enter to continue.
Finally pick the RIGHT button and pick the second curve and last line we drew.
Then press enter to continue.
The lot sides should have changed color to match the buttons on the
dialog, as shown below:

Pick the FINISH button to continue.
Next a window will appear showing you the lot report.
You may print it by going to the File pulldown menu in this window and picking
the Print command.
You may close the window by picking the X in the top right corner of the window.

Now you will be asked (and it may have been on screen already)
Pick on NO to finish the lot entry.
Entering a House
Pick on this button:
This will bring up the Building Library dialog.
This dialog will display any structures already saved in the library and if you pick
on one the preview will show up as well.
Pick on the NEW button to add one.
You will be given 2 different ways of entering house data.

We will pick on the first button to continue.
Next give the house a name of Tutorial and pick the OK button to continue.
At this point a new job is opened to allow you to create the house. You will need
to confirm the setup just like you do for other new drawings.

Match the entries in the above dialog and pick the OK button to continue.
Similar to the lot entry, the following dialog is displayed as a reminder of how to
enter the information.

Pick each of the entries shown to define the units and direction the line is to be
drawn in, and then press enter after each value is entered.


Pick YES to continue.
Defining a House
At this point you have the following house drawn.
The following dialog is on screen:

You need to pick on each of the 4 buttons labeled Front, Left, Rear and Right,
one at a time and then pick the linework related to the button.
To start, pick the FRONT button and then pick the first line we drew. Then
press enter to continue.
Then pick the LEFT button and pick the second line we drew. Then press enter
to continue.
Then pick the REAR button and pick the next 3 lines we drew. Then press
enter to continue.
Finally pick the RIGHT button and pick the last line we drew. Then press enter
to continue.
Your house has now been saved in the house library and you are returned to the
Building Library dialog. Pick on your house name and you will see the preview,
as shown below:

Pick the Exit Building Library button to continue.
Placing a House on the Lot
Now we need to place the House on the Lot. We do this by picking this button
from the toolbox.
It will bring up the following dialog box. Fill it out as shown.

Once you pick the Insert Building button,
the house we designed will now be
attached to your crosshair and is ready
for placement.
NOTE: As you move the house around you can see the side ties update
dynamically. You can switch between rotating, translating and scaling the house
by following the instructions on the dialog. You may move the dialog out of the
way by picking the top bar and dragging it to the side.
You will see the house ties update as the

house is moved in any direction, giving
you the closest tie to the property line, in
each direction
Here are a couple of examples as we move the house around and rotate it to get
what we desire.

Now we need to pick the desired location with the mouse, to place the house
roughly on the lot.
Once the house has been placed roughly

on the lot, you will have the ability to fine-
tune the exact location by using this
“Tuner" dialog.
You have course and fine control with the

outer and inner directional buttons. You
can also specify the amount of
movement for the two settings. You may
also rotate the house by the rotation
arrows and even set the rotation based
upon the angle between the house and
the lot.
You decide where you wish to place your house. Mine is set as shown.

When you are happy with the final placement then pick the Place Building
button to continue.
Your house is now coordinated and points are placed on the house corners
based upon the starting number and elevations set earlier.
Computing Stakes
Now that you have the house on the lot, we need to add a few stakes to make it
easier for the construction crew to layout the house in the field.
We will add a few stakes around the footprint of the house, offset back from the
actual footprint. To do this we will go to the MsPoints drop-down menu ->
Compute Points and pick the Compute Stakes… option. Set the starting
point number and offsets as shown below:
The following dialog box will now appear to let you choose the method of placing
stakes.

Pick this button to place stakes at the building corners, offset from each line.
Now you will see the following dialog box:
Confirm the starting point number and

offsets and elevation of the points you
are about to place.

Then pick the house sides where you wish to place points. Pick the sides so that
you get points as shown below: (The white window at the top of the dialog box
will give you instructions to walk you through placing points)
Pick the STOP button to end placing new points and return to the previous
dialog. Set other points if you desire, by using some of the other routines.
Pick the OK button to end the command.
Staking Reports
Now that we have some stakes set, we need to generate a staking report for the
field crew.
Go to the MsPoints drop-down menu -> and pick on the Create Stakeout
Report… option.
You will see the following dialog box:

In the small white rectangle, enter in
the point range for the stakes. In my
example I typed 500..505
Then pick the + sign to the right.
The points on screen should now have little yellow X’s on them, like this:

Now pick on the Coordinate Point Report button.
Then confirm the report file location and name:
The coordinate report is created and displayed in our editor. You may print this
report by going to the File pulldown menu Æ Print.
You may close the window by picking the X in the top corner of the window.
Now pick on the Angle/Distance Report button.

Then confirm the report file location and name:

Enter in the setup and backsight point

numbers as show, and pick on the
sorting method (we will do Angle first
then Number), then pick on the Add
Shots button. (now do the Number
option and pick Add Shots again)
The drawing will have yellow lines from the setup to each stake. They are
temporary and will be removed with a redraw or zoom command.
Now pick the View Report button to see the two reports we generated.

The first was sorted by Angles the second by Point Numbers.
You may print this report by going to the File pulldown menu (in this window)
and pick the Print option.
You may close the window by picking the X in the top corner of the window.
Save your job by going to the File pulldown menu and picking on the SAVE
option.
(End of tutorial)

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A few tips about using Help:

You can find Help using any one of these 3 methods:

1. By clicking on the HELP button available on most dialogs within

• Notice that the keyboard command is shown where possible as well

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Choose one of the following Options:

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The program can be registered in two modes:

You will see the following dialog:

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Press the “Generate Registration Text File” button and a document

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For a Stand Alone Installation, you will be provided with a single

With MicroSurvey CAD 2005 we have introduced the ability to transfer

You will see the following dialog:

Take Home Option

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The toolbars assemble buttons that represent a common set of commands, or

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MicroSurvey CAD 2005 creates a database that contains connectivity

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When you enter a traverse in MicroSurvey CAD 2005, either by downloading a

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5) Select MsTraverse | Traverse Calculations | Re-coordinate Traverse.

6) Use the MsPoints | Active Coordinate Editor to view the points.

7) Correct errors using MsTraverse | Active Traverse Editor and Re-

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